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On Aug. 11, 2022, teams at the Astrotech facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California use a crane to...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –- At a news conference, NASA and United Launch Alliance officials discussed preparations for...
So often, taking the perfect picture is a matter of being ready when the moment comes. Whether scanning our Earth or...
The calibration target for SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics &...
Technicians at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida encapsulate NASA’s...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used the WATSON camera on the end of its robotic arm to conduct a focus test on May...
On Aug. 11, 2022, teams at the Astrotech facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California use a crane to...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Badri Younes, NASA deputy associate administrator...
This graph displays data collected by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover from targets in a rock formation nicknamed...
Both halves of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V payload fairing are joined together during a fit check at...
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V booster is offloaded from its water transport at Vandenberg Space Force...
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite has been scanning Earth for 20 years...
On Aug. 11, 2022, teams at the Astrotech facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California use a crane to...
Technicians at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida encapsulate NASA’s...
The interstage adapter (ISA) for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket that will launch NASA and the...
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V booster is offloaded from its water transport at Vandenberg Space Force...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-107 Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla scans paperwork for equipment at SPACEHAB,...
On May 11, 2024, the 1,147th Martian day, or sol, of Perseverance's mission, the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard the...
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite is...
Technicians at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida encapsulate NASA’s...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A beach ball-sized infrared camera, part of the Forward Looking Infrared Radar (FLIR),...
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V booster is offloaded from its water transport at Vandenberg Space Force...
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V booster is transported to the Horizontal Integration Facility at Vandenberg...
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite...